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Kevin J. Kircher@kevinjkircher.com · 6h ago

Climate pals, what are your favorite examples of actions that simultaneously reduce climate pollution and help us adapt to climate changes that we can no longer avoid? Joint Adaptation and Mitigation (JAM), if you will.

Literally Apple and Android could end the majority of distracted driving tomorrow simply by locking out all but a handful of apps when it detects the phone moving at a certain speed and held at a certain orientation.

Dan Keshet@dankeshet.bsky.social · 3d ago

What solutions are out there for getting drivers off their phone? (non-rhetorical)

Part of me misses covid era hair where anything goes.

Perfect, I didn't want to do any work while I'm out of town anyways.

Baller Alert@balleralert.com · 2d ago

Microsoft Warns That Hotel Wi-Fi Login Might Be Fake: Russian Hackers Are Turning Vacations Into Cyber Traps

In the end, why we still have COVID denialists is because the crisis laid bare who people were. Who gave a shit about their community and who didn't. Who was right about medicine and science and who was wrong. Who was acting in good faith and who was just grifting.

Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away

Canadians overwhelmingly demand wealth tax after Kevin O’Leary says it will make him move away

OTTAWA - Pollsters report a split among Canadians over the idea of higher tax on the assets of wealthy individuals, though support skyrockets after noting that Kevin O'Leary has vowed that he will res...

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The next time a climate change denier comes at you with that excuse:

Cyclists have a right to use the roadway already, by law. Whether or not some break the law (as do motorists), why do their rights require “acceptance” by drivers in cars at all?

Me: "where did the bathroom scale go?" Wife: "it's in the linen closet. Its on a time-out." Me: "ummm, why?" Wife: "I didn't like it's attitude. It stays there until it can behave properly." Me:

Our oldest daughter whipped up a Heated Rivalry cake for a friend today by request and I love the detail!! #heatedrivalry

Two rides in two days, 25 days after dying! July 5th I had a sudden cardiac arrest known as 'The Widowmaker'. Was clinically dead for 20+ minutes while my son and a friend performed CPR until EHS arrived and resuscitation me. 1. Teach your kids CPR!! 2. Get checked for coronary artery disease!

Peak living.

Feel Good video of the morning.

Digital Brain@yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 6d ago

A small act of kindness toward someone vulnerable just went viral, proof that you do not need grand gestures to make a real difference. Sharing food, helping a hurt animal, aiding a stranger, this is

really, humanity, what the fuck is up with us

Alexander Chee@alexanderchee.bsky.social · last wk.

‘Anthropic described the project as “our effort to disruptively scan all the world’s books” in an internal memo, which noted “we do not want it to be known that we are pursuing this project”.’

I think this is a nice way for #BikeHFx to come together with people from the communities that Dr. Nouman Ali has been involved with to honour his memory.

Critical Mass Halifax@criticalmasshfx.bsky.social · last wk.

In lieu of a Critical Mass ride, please join a memorial ride to remember Dr. Nouman Ali. Community members have planned a ride for August 9, at 1:00, in his honour. Our deepest condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew him.

FAFO. www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art...

Alberta café owner closes business after losing customers over separatist events

An Alberta café owner says his business has shuttered after he hosted separatists and lost customers.

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I just confused Gordie Howe and Brett Hull and now I'm an outcast from my wife.

"...even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day." Or walk, or take the bus.

Brent Toderian@brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2w ago

Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social

Riding bikes is 10X more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities. And that’s just the climate emissions. Doesn’t include the massive public & personal cost difference, the air & noise pollution difference, the massive space difference, etc, etc…Via @theconversation.bsky.social

Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities

Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.

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The TdF races over the much feared Galibier today in the Alps. Here's to celebrating the summit.

“Our politicians haven’t done enough to ensure that cycling deaths don’t occur on our streets.” Meghan Doucette has been posting some great videos on Instagram since Dr. Nouman Ali’s tragic death by dooring. She also submitted this opinion piece to The Coast that’s absolutely worth a read:

Cycling infrastructure saves lives - The Coast | News, events, restaurants, concerts and Burger Week for Halifax, Nova Scotia

When I opened Instagram on Monday night and saw the screenshot saying that a person cycling had been killed in Halifax, I felt deeply sad, but I was also angry. Many people I know and care about have ...

thecoast.ca

NEW: I wrote for MSNBC about how Madison Square Garden turning off their facial recognition cameras for Taylor Swift is a perfect encapsulation of our dystopian present: where the wealthy can use surveillance to consolidate power, and the rest of us live in a privately owned panopticon.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got to buy MSG's privacy. Her fans aren't so lucky.

Reports that Madison Square Garden temporarily shut off its facial recognition system for Swift’s wedding expose a glaring problem with how the elite wield and control mass surveillance.

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We’re using the word e-bike to describe too many things. Electric assist bikes are a version of bike & have many public interest benefits. But vehicles being driven by food delivery app drivers aren’t a form of bike…they’re a form of motorcycle. They don’t belong on sidewalks or pedestrian streets.

🧵 Dear Republican lawmakers, Canada has the largest intact boreal forest on the planet. An increasingly hotter world due to #ClimateChange makes longer dry seasons, far larger wildfires & yes, more smoke. No amount of "raking" fixes it. The scientists warned of exactly this for a very long time /1

Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · 12mo ago

"If Canada can't get these wildfires under control, they need to face real consequences," said Wisconsin state Rep. Calvin Callahan in a news release Wednesday. "We won't sit back while our air becomes a health hazard."

So on point!

James Boxall@jamesgis.bsky.social · 2w ago

“…the Government of Canada today announced the immediate launch of the Forest Undergrowth Clearing & Kindling Operation for Foreign Friends Initiative.” Someone just loves acronyms. :-) (search for it for a Sunday laugh)

“…the Government of Canada today announced the immediate launch of the Forest Undergrowth Clearing & Kindling Operation for Foreign Friends Initiative.” Someone just loves acronyms. :-) (search for it for a Sunday laugh)

Public safety ad on France TV for the Tour spectators, theme is "you wouldn't want to be disrupted when you're doing something difficult, so don't do it to the riders" 😂

"driven only by a desire to lash out, to offend, and to attack.“ Literally the comment section of FB

Holly Hoye 🇨🇦@hollyhoye.bsky.social · 3w ago

“that frame of mind at the moment is uncertain, insecure, lacking direction or purpose or sense of self but driven only by a desire to lash out, to offend, and to attack.“ Good synthesis of the state of Canadian Conservatism by Coyne: 🎁

“that frame of mind at the moment is uncertain, insecure, lacking direction or purpose or sense of self but driven only by a desire to lash out, to offend, and to attack.“ Good synthesis of the state of Canadian Conservatism by Coyne: 🎁

Conservatives’ performative anger is a symptom of a movement that has lost its way

The new conservatives want to harness the power of the state for their own ends

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